Chapter 130 Find one
"You are still awesome, team leader."
Fang Laibao stretched out his thumb and flattered him calmly. He didn't know Xu Qingyun's ability to read footprints before. After working on a case with Xu Qingyun, he learned that the team leader had this unique skill of reading footprints with his hands.
"Actually, there's a lot more that can be seen."
Xu Qingyun chuckled and said, there were indeed some things he didn't say, such as age, weight, etc. After that, Xu Qingyun continued to check the footprints. Finding the spies was the most important task at the moment.
Unfortunately, there is still no harvest this time.
However, Yan Ming and Zuo Jinfang gained a lot. The two groups went in batches to inquire around the city. Nanjing is the capital and has all kinds of talents. If they can't find them here, Xu Qingyun plans to send a few people to Shanghai to find them. .
Even if you hire someone with a high salary, you have to find someone like this to come back.
This time, they were lucky. Zuo Jinfang and Yan Ming found five people in total.
Three Chinese, one Italian, and one American.
The five of them can sketch portraits, and Yan Ming had seen their paintings before bringing them back.
But all five of them have a prerequisite for painting, which is to paint towards people.
To put it simply, there must be a reference, at least someone or something they have seen, otherwise they will not know how to draw.
The sketch profile had not yet appeared, and Xu Qingyun had no choice but to test one by one to see who could draw a portrait through description.
Xu Qingyun doesn't know how to do it himself, but he has seen profilers ask questions.
Know what questions to ask.
When drawing, you have to draw several identical organs each time, and finally combine them to let people judge whether they are people you have seen before.
Xu Qingyun didn't need the portrait they painted to be almost exactly the same in later generations. As long as he could draw a 70-80% portrait, he could identify through the footprints whether it was the person they were looking for.
The portrait helps narrow down the scope of the investigation, making it easier to investigate the case later.
"Sir, I can't do your job. I don't understand what you're talking about. I can't draw it."
As soon as the test started, the first painter complained to Xu Qingyun. According to later generations, Xu Qingyun asked him to try to draw the eyes first, but he couldn't draw the eyes alone.
I said it several times, but he just couldn't understand it.
What was forcibly drawn was completely different from what Xu Qingyun said.
"You go back first."
Sighing, Xu Qingyun asked someone to give him a piece of ocean as a reward so that he would not make this trip in vain.
The painter thanked him profusely and left with the money and satisfaction.
He was very satisfied with the fact that he had harvested a piece of the ocean just from running around.
The second person is stronger than the one just now, but his strength is limited.
Xu Qingyun asked the artist to draw Xu Erxi. As a result, the eyes, nose, and mouth were completely different, and the organs were not the same. The person in the painting was even less likely to be similar. After the painting, they were completely two people.
The third test was conducted by an Italian. He could draw, but his Chinese was not good and he could not understand what Xu Qingyun said, so he gave up in the end.
The fourth one is an American. He speaks good Chinese. He can tell at a glance that he has been in China for many years and can understand many of Xu Qingyun's meanings.
Really unable to understand, Xu Qingyun explained to him in English.
Anyway, as long as you can communicate well.
What Xu Qingyun didn't expect was that the paintings he drew were very similar. The final product was definitely more than 70% similar, but still less than 80%.
However, Xu Qingyun's description is not as professional as that of a profiler. Now he can do it 70% to 80% well. If you cooperate more, maybe he can draw a more similar picture in the future.
An American named John Hicks ran a gallery in Nanjing. The business was neither good nor bad. After he was found, he heard that he could be selected and would receive high rewards in the future, so he came over.
"Mr. Hicks, please wait a moment."
Xu Qingyun did not make a decision immediately. He would wait until the last person tried.
The last person is a Chinese. His painting is worse than the previous ones, but he can only achieve a four or five-point portrait at most, which is far inferior to Hicks.
"Mr. Hicks, I want you to paint portraits for the Military Intelligence Service in the future. It won't take up your time. For each painting you paint, I can give you two oceans as a reward."
Two oceans is a lot. The painter who just came here is painting portraits on the roadside. A painting only costs two or three cents. Two oceans would cost him nearly ten paintings to earn.
"No, two oceans is too little and does not meet the value of my labor."
Hicks immediately shook his head, with a sly look in his eyes.
"How many do you want?"
Considering that he was an American and he was not often asked to do portraits, Xu Qingyun simply asked him the price.
Hicks held out a hand.
"Five dollars?"
The price is not low, but it is not unacceptable. He does not have to pay for the portrait, and the department will reimburse it.
These days, if a good painter paints a portrait at home, the price will be about the same, and some are even higher.
"No, it's five dollars."
Hicks shook his head again, five dollars, more than ten dollars, this American is a bit dark.
It's not just one painting, this time he needs to paint three people, which is equivalent to paying him fifteen dollars.
Nearly forty ocean dollars.
Xu Qingyun frowned slightly, but Hicks explained that he had sketched people in the gallery, and that was the price. Below this price, he would not sell his labor force.
"Okay, five dollars a piece, but only if I'm satisfied."
Xu Qingyun didn't argue with him about the price. Five dollars was a bit high, but at least it was within the acceptable range. If a painting cost fifty dollars, Xu Qingyun would let him go as far as he wanted.
"No problem, don't worry, what I draw will definitely satisfy you."
Hicks said confidently that he was indeed confident in his painting skills.
If the gallery business was not average, he would not be a painter. He has his own pride.
However, he still deceived Xu Qingyun. He had painted people's portraits in galleries and even on their doorsteps, but it was not five dollars, but five oceans. This was because he belonged to the price of a foreign devil.
Hicks saw the public unit and deliberately offered a high price, but he didn't expect it to work out.
"Let's go get the portrait now."
Xu Qingyun didn't want to waste time. After so long, the boss might forget the spy's appearance. Fortunately, there were a few places he could ask. At worst, he could ask Hicks to draw a few more pictures.
When they arrived at the first place, Hicks set up his easel, and Xu Qingyun took the initiative to ask. The boss couldn't express the professional vocabulary like him, let alone English, and couldn't communicate with Hicks in English.
It took Hicks a full hour to finish the first painting, which was slower than before.
He also complained that it should cost ten dollars to know that it was so difficult.
After being warned by Xu Qingyun, he finally stopped mentioning the extra money.
Xu Qingyun told him that it would cost up to five dollars, and the painting must be done well. If it didn't work, let him go back and go to Shanghai to find it himself.
There are more people in Shanghai and more painters, especially foreign painters. There are definitely many more painters than in Nanjing. Xu Qingyun believes that their prices will be cheaper.
Hicks understood the situation and took it easy without any further complaints.
"It's a bit similar, but not particularly similar. Something doesn't seem right here."
The boss kept shaking his head at the portrait, while Xu Qingyun asked Hicks to modify it. After more than half an hour, the boss finally said that it looked more like it now than before.
After finishing painting the first house, Xu Qingyun immediately took him to the second house.
In one afternoon, I only painted two houses.
It's definitely a bit slow.
"Continue painting tomorrow."
It was getting dark, not suitable for portraits. "Mr. Xu, reward."
Hicks smiled and extended his hand. He had said before that if you draw a portrait, you will be paid.
"Give it to him."
Yan Ming took out his money bag and counted out twenty-five dollars. At this time, ten dollars could be exchanged for this much.
"Thank you boss, see you tomorrow."
After receiving the heavy ocean, Hicks checked it carefully and finally nodded with satisfaction.
The two portraits cost twenty-five dollars, which was indeed a lot. Besides, it was free money. Normally, his gallery would sell less than one hundred dollars a month.
Unless you encounter a fool who doesn't understand, you can deceive more.
Hicks went back, but Xu Qingyun did not go home immediately. He took Yan Ming and went to the place where the spy called again to inquire.
The boss confirmed that the portrait painted a close resemblance, but he could not be sure if it was that person.
After all, the entire face is not exposed in the portrait, and the entire chin is covered with a scarf.
"Take pictures immediately, zoom in and develop a few more. Two groups of people will conduct a secret investigation tomorrow, find low-level policemen and gangsters, and ask them to keep it strictly confidential. If anyone leaks anything and let people run away, they will be shot immediately."
Xu Qingyun did not go home, but returned directly to the Military Intelligence Department and gave orders to Yan Ming.
Tomorrow, the two groups of people will first look for people based on the portraits, and find all the people who look like them.
If you find a reward, tell him to go out and shoot him.
These punks and low-level patrol officers know what to do.
"Yes, team leader, I'm going to wash now."
He can develop the photos himself. He just enlarges a few more photos. It is not difficult. He can develop the photos and arrange the work tomorrow.
But the team leader is so smart that he actually came up with this way to find spies. It is indeed much more convenient than blindly searching, just to verify people who look similar.
As long as you find someone, it's a great achievement.
A few dozen yuan is nothing at all.
Early the next morning, Yan Ming announced the mission, and all members of the two teams were dispatched.
There are also bounties for gangsters and low-level police officers. If they find a person who looks like the photo, they will be given a piece of the ocean.
But if they use someone they don't look like to cheat money, no matter who is behind them, they will be in trouble.
This is the price set by Xu Qingyun. There won't be too many people with similar looks in each area, and there will only be a few dozen to survive, so it won't cost much.
Don't mention this, even if it costs a thousand oceans, it's still worth it as long as you can find someone.
Japanese observers are valuable, they know where the spies are hiding.
By conducting regional surveys, Japanese spies can be found.
It's equivalent to finding an observer and several spies. It's a very good deal.
Hicks went to paint one last piece, this time a little faster than yesterday.
After taking the remuneration again, he very generously said that if there is such a job, you can come to him again, and he is very satisfied with this cooperation.
Three paintings and more than thirty dollars, how could he be dissatisfied?
For the items sold in his gallery, it would take ten days to earn such income.
"Team leader, we found someone."
In the afternoon, Yan Ming came to report the good news. One piece of ocean per person was a lot. The gangsters and the police were very active and immediately reported the people they knew who looked like the photos.
In just one morning, they asked six questions.
Yan Ming has already visited three of them, and they are indeed similar to the photos. He is not deceiving them to get the reward.
The police know that the Military Intelligence Department is powerful, so they don't dare to lie to them. The gangsters see that the police are honest and obedient, and they don't even dare to lie to them.
If you get the money by cheating, you will have no life to spend it in the future.
"Verified three?"
After Yan Ming finished his report, Xu Qingyun immediately asked. Yan Ming nodded and took out a dozen photos.
"These three found people and I personally took photos where they walked."
Yan Ming knew what his team leader was good at. He didn't need to go to the scene, he could just look at the photos to see if he was the person they were looking for.
Xu Qingyun took the photos and looked at them carefully one by one.
None of the three.
"Continue to verify, these three people don't need to ask any more questions."
They were all photos of the footprints that Yan Ming took after him. Yan Ming could confirm that they belonged to them, and he took more than one photo to prevent mistakes.
The three of them were not. Xu Qingyun was not disappointed at all. If this kind of luck could be encountered at the first time every time, it would be really unbelievable.
"Yes, team leader."
Yan Ming left and continued to verify the people he found with his men. In the afternoon, nine more people were reported. Yan Ming and Zuo Jinfang quickly verified eight of them.
Photos of the eight people's footprints were sent to Xu Qingyun.
When he saw the seventh photo, Xu Qingyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately took out the photos taken after the previous phone call and compared them together.
Yes, it's him.
Xu Qingyun failed to find him after spending three days. The person among the three observers who made the phone call on foot has now been found.
This person lived not in the area he was looking for, but not too far away.
"Yan Ming, monitor this person immediately and find out everything about him."
Xu Qingyun ordered. Yan Ming was startled for a moment and immediately understood that they had really found someone in this way.
"Yes, team leader."
Soon, a steady stream of espionage materials arrived at Xu Qingyun's desk.
The Japanese spy's alias is Liao Wenting. He is 30 years old and currently runs a small rickshaw company.
Like Liu Qiaosheng, he is a businessman.
There are not many rickshaws in their family, more than a hundred, and the territory is not large. For these territories, he has to pay a lot of protection fees.
It doesn't matter if you run a rickshaw company.
It doesn't matter, your car won't run at all, and it will be smashed if it does.
Don't even think about being reasonable these days.
Liao Wenting was in his small company at this time. Yan Ming had already led people to keep an eye on him. Through other people, he learned that Liao Wenting came to Nanjing five years ago. At first, he worked as an accountant in this rickshaw company, but after half a year, he turned out to be an accountant. Something happened to the boss, so he bought the company.
No need to guess, Xu Qingyun knew that what happened to the so-called boss must be a Japanese conspiracy to hand over the rickshaw company to Japanese spies.
Using rickshaws, emergency messages can indeed be sent out.
For example, Liao Wenting definitely had the power to arrange where their vehicles would be waiting.
Or put up different ads.
There are many methods. What Xu Qingyun needs to do now is to find out the specific methods he used, locate the area where the spy is lurking, and then conduct an investigation.
If nothing can be found, arrest the person directly and interrogate the person for confession.
The biggest gain in finding Liao Wenting is that this method is effective. If you can find one, you can hope to find the other two spy observers.
Xu Qingyun was very patient and not anxious at all.
Guaranteed Chapter 1.
(End of this chapter)